When you are drawing up your kitchen design plans, you need to look at the appliances you need to buy, what are the best for you, and where and how you will store them.

For those large appliances, like your refrigerator and stove, most kitchens already have the spaces intended for them. However, for some other things, deciding on where to put them is not always easy. This would depend on a lot of things, especially on the amount of space that you have on your kitchen. Storage space can be a major problem in small kitchens, so depending on which appliances you intend to purchase, you should be able to look for the most effective solutions to store them.

Let us take into consideration some of the usual situations and find out the best solution for them:

If you plan on buying an additional oven without a stovetop, the best place to store it is to build it with your kitchen cabinets, instead of placing it on the cupboard. This will only take up one cabinet space, so you won't really lose that much space for storage. In the same way, if you need some extra burners, you may store them on your countertops, or place on top of a kitchen island, that is, if you still have some space to build one.

As for the microwave, the main problem for this is that it could take up some space on the counter, which is really not practical for those with small kitchen. The solution for this is by making use of some space on your walls. You may build a shelf on your kitchen wall that the microwave can sit on, or you may even set it to the cabinets, the same with the extra oven that was mentioned above. However, before you do such, find out who is going to use it, because if you allow your children to have access to it, then you better consider the height.

Dishwasher? No, this is not about your husband, nor the maid. If you do not have the space to put a dishwasher on, well, you better sacrifice one of the lower kitchen cupboards in order to fit the dishwasher in. Carefully consider if you could really afford to give up several cupboards for this purpose. Because if not, then it is probably better for you to put the washing machine on a utility balcony, in your bathroom or on the corridor, so you won't lose a lot of storage space.

And what about where and how to buy your appliances? This very much depends on your budget. If you can afford to buy everything new, that is best. But if you do so, make sure to purchase insurance. If funds are tight, you can purchase reconditioned refrigerators and ovens, but make sure that they come from reputable places with some kind of certificate stating that they are in good repair.

Janette loves to beautify her kitchen and using kitchen countertop ideas or kitchen projects is a thing that she most certainly advises for a new look.